Twins Launch Philadelphia’s First Black-Owned Delivery Service

“We get to create employment opportunities, economics and unity, that’s what Philly needs,” said David Cabello.

Twin brothers from Philadelphia are using their entrepreneurial endeavor as a platform to spread awareness about Black-owned businesses in their city. 24-year-olds Aaron and David Cabello are the creators of Philly’s first Black-owned delivery service app, Philly Mag reported.

Cognizant of the lack of support for restaurants owned by African Americans in Philadelphia, they were determined to develop a platform that would aid the establishments in growing their digital presence and connect them to more customers. The brother-duo wanted to create a tool that would empower consumers to put action behind talking about the importance of supporting Black-owned businesses. At the age of 22, David dropped out of Shippensburg University’s College of Business and began working for delivery services like Postmates and UberEats. It was during that time when he noticed how lucrative delivery services were. His experience also revealed that there was a huge gap between local Black-owned businesses and consumers. Determined to fill that void he decided to team up with his brother Aaron and create Black & Mobile.

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The two began laying the foundation in 2017 and launched in February 2019. “With my platform we make it easy to find black-owned businesses — there are no more excuses,” Cabello told the news outlet. “We locate every black-owned restaurant and we put them on our site. That way if you want to support them, we’ll hire someone from the community and they’ll bring it to your door.” The Cabello brothers also want to use their platform to create more jobs for individuals from underserved communities. They have plans to hire at least 10 team members in Philly this year and as the business grows nationally, they want to create opportunities in inner-city communities throughout the country.

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The brothers plan on going beyond the food industry and featuring other types of businesses in the future. “We get to create employment opportunities, economics and unity, that’s what Philly needs,” said Cabello.

Aaron and David aren’t the only ones in Philly who are on a mission to promote Black-owned businesses. The founders of Shoppe Black Tony Oluwatoyin Lawson and Shantrelle P. Lewis are working on creating the first global Black business directory.

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My black people SMH!! We have a powerful Black Man in the office of the NFL to help us and y'all still complaining!! Y'all don't even know the man's plan yet!! Y'all don't know what he got up his sleeve for Colin!! Nobody tear down us, more than us!!! #JayzNFL

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Publicity stunt by NFL and Goddell pretending to be for social justice. Until CK is back on the league, it's all window dressing. Jay Z should be ashamed for taking a part in this just to line his pockets some more. #JayzNFL

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I appreciate his effort in trying to resolve the issue by going straight to the source, but you have include the people who started the fight to begin with, if you want the people to ride with Jay! #GetKaponboard#JayzNFL

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People are going to believe what they want bout #JayzNFL, I'm just over the arguments and debates. I know where I stand. Jay-Z did what he did for himself. Which is good on him. I'm just not going to pretend it's some type of long game, 4D chess or something he's playing 🙄😂.

Twitter Reacts To Jay-Z's Reported Partnership With The NFL

Jay-Z has been in a media firestorm ever since the rapper announed his new business alliance with the NFL. The Brooklyn native met with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, who was accused of actively working to prevent Colin Kaepernick from working, and said we are beyond kneeling and it's time for "actionable items."
Now it is being reported that the rapper will be part owner of an NFL team.
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TMZ reports, "Sources connected to Jay and with direct knowledge tell us ... Jay is going to have a 'significant ownership interest' in an NFL team. As for which team ... we're not being told, but we are told 'it is going to happen in the near future.'"
Allegedly, he wants to become a part owner "because he's a huge fan, already has a sports business and wants to continue to be a change agent for the NFL."
However, the site also claims he cannot manage players, "Jay is not an NFL agent and does not take part in the operations of the NFL players in Roc Nation."
Eric Reid blasted Jay-Z last night, saying, “Jay-Z claimed to be a supporter of Colin, wore his jersey, told people not to perform at the Super Bowl because of the treatment the NFL did to Colin. And now he’s going to be a part owner ... It’s kind of despicable."
https://twitter.com/josephperson/status/1162553068187262978
He also said, "He's capitalized on this situation. Nobody to my knowledge talked about social justice before Colin started protesting. That was not a topic of the NFL off the field. For Jay-Z to come in and partner to address social justice, do it behind Colin's back, get paid to do it ... I don't have words."
https://twitter.com/KeepBlitzin/status/1162556518727913472
Jay has been getting hit hard on social media with Dr. Cornell W. Brooks, the former president of the vaunted NAACP, implying that Jay is just going for the money.
https://twitter.com/CornellWBrooks/status/1161980710745493504?s=20
On Wednesday, Kaepernick marked the third year of his kneeling protest during the playing of the national anthem with a social media post of his own saying in no uncertain terms that he would continue “to work and stand with the people in our fight for liberation, despite those who are trying to erase the movement!"
See the post below:
https://twitter.com/Kaepernick7/status/1161758390999298049
See the mixed reactions below to Jay-Z's reported partnership with the NFL.